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Ruggedly beautiful Bell Island (Russia's Franz Josef Land)
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Ruggedly beautiful Bell Island (Russia's Franz Josef Land)

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  • WALRUS PAIR on Ice Floe off Russia's Franz Josef Land
  • Viewing walrus from a safe distance in a Zodiac
  • POLAR BEAR and COYS (cubs of the year) on an ice floe off starboard bow in Russia's Franz Josef Land
  • BELL ISLAND in Russia's Franz Josef Land
  • Ruggedly beautiful Bell Island (Russia's Franz Josef Land)
  • Striated glacier (Russia's Franz Josef Land)
  • Kapitan Khlebnikov, formerly a Siberian icebreaker tested to roll with the swells in polar regions
  • The KK navigates through ice off Russia
  • Lovely pancake ice off Russia's Franz Josef Land
  • Sometimes, we drifted through unchartered waters where satellites could not warn the captain and his crew about weather and ice conditions. That is the serendipity of the Arctic.
  • Zodiac expedition crew prepares for reconnaissance.
  • Up close with a glacial ridge off Russia's Franz Josef Land
  • Reboarding our ship after a Zodiac run
  • Rubini Rock where numerous Murres and Kittiwakes nest in Russia's Franz Josef Land
  • A pair of Black Guillemots rest on an ice floe off Russia's Franz Josef Land.
  • Gorgeous, cushiony red moss grows near green moss on Jackson Island in Russia's Franz Josef Land.
  • A shed reindeer antler accentuates purple Arctic saxifrage and green moss.
  • Yellow Arctic Poppies, one of the few low-lying flowering plants in this exceptionally harsh environment with a short growing season
  • Helicopters enabled us to see the spectacular Arctic over Russia and Greenland. They are banned in Norway.
  • Russia's historical Viktoria Island, with abandoned polar camps and remnants of the Cold War
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